Outbound Lighting Detour Road / MTB Headlight Review - feat. USB-C + Beam Cutoff + Made in USA + LED

Описание: Outbound Lighting has gained a strong following thanks to their well engineered lights and optimized beam optics. Although they have primarily focused on mountain biking lights, their previous Road Edition light has been popular with road and gravel cyclists. In this review, we’ll be looking at the new Detour which replaces the Road Edition and offers a similar beam cutoff pattern with more features and battery capacity. The Detour retails for $179 with an optional $14 GoPro adapter and has 1200 lumen output from dual Cree XD16 LEDs. It’s one of the few bike lights that’s actually made in the U.S.A. which makes the retail price even more impressive. Outbound Lighting has integrated a number of unique features in the Detour which include a camera style tab mount, USB-C charging port and an adaptive output mode that gradually ramps down.

Outbound Lighting describes the mount design as “borrowed” from camera tripod mounts. It uses a tab with a spring loaded tab. The rear of the Detour has a rectangular protrusion with angled edges that slides into a matching mount. When the light is inserted into the mount, a metal tab is pushed into the mount which causes a tab to rotate 90 degrees and push against the Detour to hold it into place. It’s not quite as intuitive as a Garmin quarter turn style mount but is faster to install and remove than thumbscrews on GoPro mounts. The rear placement of the mount also ensures you always have easy access to the controls and orientation of the light.

What sets the Detour apart from other bike lights on the market is Outbound Lightning’s no-nonsense approach to bike light design. This engineering forward approach means the Detour has a highly functional design with impressive cut-off beam optics. It’s a big all-in-one style light that is dominated by a large front lens with two Cree XD16 LEDs. The reflectors on each LED are slightly different, with the left side having a more dimpled design to spread the light while the right side is a focused spot beam. Outbound Lighting markets the Detour as an “automotive lighting experience” as it has an optimized beam pattern with a sharp beam cutoff. While the Detour isn’t officially StVZO certified like the Lupine SL, the beam cutoff is equivalent thanks to the reflector design.

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00:00 Intro
00:10 Unboxing + Specs
02:55 Fit + Finish
07:02 Light Output
08:30 Comparison
10:31 The Final Score
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